ACTIVITIES FOR ENRICHMENT
Disneyland Resort Salutes
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After the Pledge of Allegiance:
Sing “Yankee Doodle.” When the class knows it well, play “Yankee Doodle Boy”
(“Yankee Doodle Dandy”). Talk about Uncle Sam and the Fourth of July.
CALIFORNIA CONTENT STANDARDS
This program fulfills the following 2nd grade music standards:
1.5 Identify visually and aurally individual wind, string, brass, and
percussion instruments used in a variety of music.
2.1 Sing with accuracy in a developmentally appropriate range.
2.2 Sing age-appropriate songs from memory.
3.1 Identify the uses of specific music in daily or special events.
4.4 Respond to a live performance with appropriate audience behavior.
5.2 Identify and discuss who composes and performs music.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
You may wish to visit the following websites for additional resources.
www.artsalive.ca/music
Arts Alive, Canada’s National Arts Centre’s performing arts educational website.
The “instrument lab” includes interactive games to learn about musical instruments
and their families.
www.nyphilkids.org
New York Philharmonic Kidzone includes music-based games and other activities.
You may also find supplementary tools at the following websites:
www.clrn.org
California Learning Resource Network
www.kids.niehs.nih.gov
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Presented by
The Disneyland® Band
www.menc.org
The National Association for Music Education
2016
In Cooperation with
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY
Please visit us at publicaffairs.disneyland.com
©Disney
Information Subject to Change Without Notice.
STUDENT PAGES FOR DUPLICATION
Concert Manners
Dear Teacher,
The Disneyland Resort and Friends of Arts Education at the Cerritos Center
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for the Performing Arts are looking forward to you and your class joining us for
the “Disneyland Resort Salutes the American Band” concert. During this special
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45-minute presentation, your class will experience the music of the world-famous
Disneyland Band, have an opportunity to be a part of a very large chorus as they
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sing “It’s A Small World,” and greet an exciting surprise guest.
To increase your students’ enjoyment of this program, and to facilitate your
preparation for this learning experience, please review the suggested activities and
student pages now. Enclosed you will find activities to complete during the two
weeks prior to concert day, which can be adapted for your second grade classroom,
as well as activities to fulfill upon return from the concert.
RIGHT AWAY
Begin teaching the iconic song
“It’s A Small World” from the
attraction at Disneyland Park.
WHEN YOU HAVE
15 MINUTES
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Complete an instrument family page.
Students can put their finger on, draw
a circle around, underline, read about
or color each instrument on the page.
Invite an upper grade student to
class to explain his instrument,
demonstrate how sound is made, and
play a simple song. Let your students
ask questions.
Repeat the activity on a different
day with a different instrument
family. Your students will ask better
questions each time.
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THE DAY BEFORE
THE CONCERT
Have students complete the
“Concert Manners” page and
share their answers.
AFTER THE CONCERT
STUDENTS CAN:
Write a “thank you” letter to Mickey
Mouse or the band sharing their
experience at the concert.
Work in cooperative groups to create
a mural of the Disneyland Band
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showing instrument families, the
conductor, and their friend Mickey
Mouse. Keep it for Open House.
At the concert you will hear the Disneyland® Band.
At the concert the Disneyland® Band can hear you.
Concert manners are very important.
Use the word box to help you write about your concert manners.
1. We ______________ in one line to our seats.
2. When the band plays, I sit ______________.
3. At the end of a song, I _________________.
4. The leader of the band is called the _____________.
5. When the conductor speaks, I ___________ carefully.
6. When I sing, I watch the conductor and use my
________ singing voice.
WORD BOX
TALK ABOUT IT …
best
If you were in a
clap
conductor
listen
band, why would you
like everyone to be
quietly
quiet when you played
walk
your music?
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B A N D
I N S T R U M E N T S
BRASS FAMILY
All of these instruments are made of metal. To make a sound, you buzz your lips into the
mouthpiece. A brass instrument’s long tube may be twisted around in a number of ways, yet it
will sound the same.
TROMBONE
The trombone player moves the
slide to make higher or lower
sounds.
WOODWIND FAMILY
A long time ago, all woodwind instruments were made of wood. Today, some are made of
metal. The musician blows into the mouthpiece to make a sound.
SAXOPHONE
Saxophones come in four sizes. A saxophone is made of brass, but it
has a reed like a clarinet.
PICCOLO
It is the smallest woodwind, so it has the highest sound.
It is often made of wood.
FLUTE
Most flutes are made of metal. You blow over the mouthpiece to
make a sound.
TRUMPET
The trumpet is the
smallest brass instrument,
so it has the highest sound.
The player pushes valves to make
higher or lower sounds.
CLARINET
The clarinet is made of black wood. It has a thin piece of wood called
a “reed” that covers the hole in its mouthpiece.
TUBA
Tubas come in many sizes. All
are large and have a low sound.
PERCUSSION FAMILY
Any instrument you hit or shake to make a sound is a percussion instrument.
BASS DRUM
BARITONE HORN/
EUPHONIUM
“Bass” means “low.” This
drum is big, so it has a
low sound.
CYMBALS
Cymbals are made of metal.
You can hit them together or with a stick.
The baritone horn plays the
tenor and baritone parts in the
band, as the cello would in an
orchestra. The baritone is more
agile than the trombone and
therefore is capable of playing
faster passages more smoothly
and easily.
SNARE DRUM
Snares are wires across the
bottom side of the drum.
They make a buzzing sound
when the player hits the
drum.
TRIANGLE
The triangle and the stick for hitting the triangle are made of
metal. How did the triangle get its name?
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“IT’S A SMALL WORLD”
It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears;
It’s a world of hopes and a world of fears.
There’s so much that we share
that it’s time we’re aware.
It’s a small world after all.
Chorus:
It’s a small world after all.
It’s a small world after all.
It’s a small world after all.
It’s a small, small world.
There is just one moon and one golden sun;
And a smile means friendship to everyone.
Though the mountains divide,
and the oceans are wide,
It’s a small world after all.
REPEAT CHORUS
PROGRAM NOTES FOR TEACHERS
As a young boy, Walt Disney grew up with the turn-of-the-century sound
of a town band. His recollection of Main Street, U.S.A., has welcomed millions
of visitors to Disneyland® Park for more than 58 years now. From the very first
day in 1955, the Disneyland® Band has recreated this vision in more than 90,000
performances in the Town Square of Disneyland® Park. The music that you will
hear in our concert will be very much in the style of those early concerts.
Today, the Disneyland® Band features some of the top professional performers
in the world – a far cry from the amateur bands of yesteryear. However, the spirit
of the music, and the lovely images it invokes, take us all back to another era – a
more peaceful period in our American history. Our concert begins here and then
“MUY PEQUEÑO
EL MUNDO ES”
(“It’s A Small World” – Spanish)
En el mundo hay risas y dolor
Esperanzas y hay tambien temor,
Mucho hay en verdad,
Que poder compartir,
Entre la humanidad.
Coro:
Muy pequeño el mundo es
Muy pequeño el mundo es
Debe haber mas hermandad
Muy pequeño es.
Una luna hay solo hay un sol
Para todos brillan sin distincion
Y aunque muy grandes son
Las montañas y el mar
Muy pequeño el mundo es
Coro:
Muy pequeño el mundo es
Muy pequeño el mundo es
Debe haber mas hermandad
Muy pequeño es.
brings us forward in time to modern day, to celebrate the American Band through
the magic of its music.
CONCERT PROGRAM
“Heigh Ho”
by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey
by George M. Cohan
“Strike Up the Band”
by George and Ira Gershwin
Lyrics Reprinted with Permission.
“It’s A Small World”
by Robert B. and Richard M. Sherman
“William Tell Overture”
by Gioachino Rossini
“Circus Music”
“A Dixieland Favorite”
“Can Can for Band”
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“Star-Spangled
Spectacular”
“The Stars and
Stripes Forever”
by John Phillip Sousa
“Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah”
by Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert
“It’s A Small World” Words and Music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman © 1963 Wonderland Music Company, Inc.
“Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” Words by Ray Gilbert, Music by Allie Wrubel © 1945 Walt Disney Music Company.
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